Known as Moirai or Moerae in Greek Mythology and Fata or Parcae by the Romans, the Fates were comprised of three women often described as elderly, stern, severe, cold and unmerciful. ‘Alexander the Great and the Fates’ by Bernardino Mei ( Wikimedia Commons ) In a sense, they controlled the metaphorical life of every mortal born. The gods could simply intervene with decisions that could be helpful or harmful. A man destined to become a great warrior one day could still choose what he wanted to do on any given day. However not everything was inflexible or pre-determined. At the birth of each man they appeared spinning, measuring, and cutting the thread of life. They determined when life began, when it ended, and everything in between. These were three sister goddesses that appeared in Greek and Roman mythology and were believed to have “spun out” a child’s destiny at birth. The ancient Greeks believed that many aspects of a person’s life were determined by the three mythical women known as Fates.
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